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Cleary Awarded Shibulal Family Career Development Professorship

in Announcement, Awards, Bioinformatics, Research

Read about CDS Assistant Professor Brian Cleary, a Shibulal Family Career Development Professorship awardee.

Tagged: Azer Bestavros, Biology, Brian Cleary, data science, Maureen McCarthy, Shibulal Family Career Development Professorship

Nature: Why AI might be a game-changer for Africa

in CDS News, Civic Tech, Equity, Machine Learning, Research

Read about Professor Elaine Nsoesie’s research and work devoted to developing more accessible AI and machine learning programs in Africa.

Tagged: Africa, AI, CDS, civic tech, data science, Elaine Nsoesie, Global Impact, Research

Social Justice for Data Science Lecture Series

in Lecture Series

Learn about the Social Justice for Data Science lecture series hosted by BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.

Tagged: Allison McDonald, Bennett Capers, Chaz Arnett, data science, Karen Levy, lecture series, Muhammad Zaman, Ngozi Okidegbe, Patricia Williams, Petra Molnar, social justice, Veena Dubal, Woodrow Hartzog

Connecting Coursework with Industry

in Student Internships

Seven Boston University data science majors share their summer 2024 internship experiences.

Tagged: careers, CDS, Chris Seferlis, data analyst, data science, internships, Kevin Gold, Maureen McCarthy

In BU’s Online Master’s Program, Students Learn How Data Science Makes AI Happen

in Artificial Intelligence, Interviews, Q&A

In this Q&A, Azer Bestavros, Boston University associate provost, discusses the Online Master’s in Data Science program, its curriculum, career-enhancing benefits, and more.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Azer Bestavros, data science, Maureen McCarthy, Michael S. Goldberg, Online Master's in Data Science

MesComputing: Report Ranks This US City As World’s Top AI Hub

in Artificial Intelligence, In the News

BU has helped Boston become a center for artificial intelligence research and development, read about what stats went into this report and what this means for the future.

Tagged: AI, CDS, data science, Research

CDS Students Launch Co-ed Technology Fraternity

in Impact, Profiles, Student Spotlight

Read about the co-ed fraternity launched by BU data science students.

Tagged: CDS, co-ed fraternity, data science, Kappa Theta Pi, Maureen McCarthy, Paul Lee, Toni Fitzgerald, Tye Robison

Boston 25 News: AI in Schools

in CDS News, Generative AI/ChatGPT, In the News, Interviews, Research

Artificially generated photos and videos are putting students at risk, read this article from Boston 25 News with an interview from CDS Professor Wesley Wildman on the implications of these growing issues.

Tagged: AI, Boston University, CDS, data science, Generative AI, Wesley Wildman

BU Today: Cloud Computing Platform CloudWeaver Wins at Spring 2024 Spark! Demo Day

in CDS News, Civic Tech, Events, Impact, In the News, Student Spotlight

The Spring 2024 BU Spark! Demo Day and Experiential Learning Expo showcased a variety of impactful student projects. Read more about the student team that won the event’s Innovation Award!

Tagged: BU Spark!, CDS, civic tech, data science, undergraduate

CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’24

in CDS News, Impact, Q&A, Student Spotlight

Hear from the students of the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences as they share what CDS means to them and how they would sum up CDS in just one word.

Tagged: AI, Artificial Intelligence, civic tech, data science, data sciences, undergraduate

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Photo of Pawel Przytycki, Assistant Professor in Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences and core faculty member in the Bioinformatics Program

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki Named Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow

June 5, 2025

CDS Assistant Professor Pawel Przytycki has been named a 2025 Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow for his groundbreaking research in computational genomics. His work bridges data science and biology to advance understanding of gene regulation and disease.

Photo of Assistant Professor Brian Cleary, Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University

Spatial Biology Redefined: How Cleary’s Team Is Rethinking Cellular Communication

June 5, 2025

BU’s Brian Cleary develops Perturb-FISH, a method that reveals how genetic changes ripple through intact tissues by preserving spatial cell context.

BU Today: BU Data Platform Will Help Massachusetts Track, and Work to Close, Wage Gaps

June 4, 2025

CDS researchers selected to extend across the state an encrypted data program already in use to track the gender and racial wage gaps in Boston.

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